The escort fleet stopped at a small island to rest for one night, and then continued its journey to the southern waters at dawn the next day. ~,
About three hours later, a black line representing land appeared on the distant sea.
"Leslie, this seems to be much bigger than what you said in your letter." Xu Yi looked at the land in the distance through the telescope in his hand and couldn't help but exclaimed. "Such a large area can no longer be described as an island."
"Actually, it's just an island." Leslie smiled and stretched out his arms to draw a semicircle in the air. "We later explored around the island and found that the other island closest to it was the island we docked last night, so it was actually floating alone in this sea area. Of course it could only It’s an island.”
"Then do you know how big its area is?" Xu Yi asked again.
"I can't give you specific data. If I really want to say it, let me think about it... It's probably as big as dozens of Masur Islands."
"It can only be regarded as an island?" Xu Yi glared at Leslie.
Masur Island is the largest island discovered by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet in the southern waters of the Kandra Empire, covering an area of nearly twenty square kilometers.
If the island in front of us is as big as dozens of Masur Islands, wouldn't it mean that it is even close to a thousand square kilometers in size
Although it can still be regarded as an island, the significance of an island of this size is extraordinary.
Xu Yi picked up the telescope and took a look at the island that was getting closer. He sighed and said, "Leslie, I suddenly regretted saying that I wanted to leave this island in your hands. Such a big island. The resources above must be very rich. I’m just handing over a mountain of gold directly to you.”
Leslie rolled his eyes: "This place is going to be treated as a colony by you guys. Even if it is handed over to me, it will not serve you and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the end."
Xu Yi smiled, thinking that there were really few talents under his command, and there were even fewer who were as trustworthy as Leslie.
If you want to imitate the countries of the Age of Discovery on earth and establish overseas colonies, there really is no suitable candidate other than Leslie.
The idea of letting him command the colony with Leslie yesterday had already emerged in Xu Yi's mind when Leslie reported that an extremely large island was discovered in the deep sea of the southern part of the Candela Empire.
Wait until you see Leslie this time. Xu Yi has already thought clearly.
It's not easy to find such a large island isolated overseas. If you don't take control of it when other countries and forces on the Sainz continent are unable to get involved here, it will be a waste of natural resources.
However, with the current strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the most important issue is the manpower issue, it is difficult to allocate manpower to control this place.
In this case, it's better to leave this place in Leslie's hands and let him control it.
Although the Stark family was destroyed, the Stark family has flourished in the Lampali Kingdom for hundreds of years, and its hidden strength is still very deep and has not completely disappeared.
This can be seen from the fact that Leslie asked him to buy multiple magic ships before. Leslie may also have huge resources hidden by the Stark family, and Leslie did not hide this from Xu Yi.
So Xu Yi has been thinking about how to arrange Leslie.
It was obviously impossible for Leslie to stay in this position as the commander of the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. It would be very suitable to arrange for him to go overseas to develop a base for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Leslie has a lot of people who originally belonged to the Stark family to arrange, and it would be difficult for them to get ahead if they continue to stay on the Sainz continent. If they go to this island far away from the Sainz continent and start over, then is a very good choice.
When Xu Yi mentioned this arrangement to Leslie yesterday, Leslie was a little surprised at first, but after only a short period of thinking, he determined that this arrangement was indeed very suitable for his situation.
However, everything is still in an unknown state, and they even have a very limited understanding of this island. It is too early to say this, so Leslie only agreed with Xu Yi's arrangement, but did not agree immediately.
Everything must be decided after exploring the island.
The frigate maintained a high speed and quickly approached the island. After the outline of the island could be seen clearly, Xu Yi ordered a magic airship to take off from the frigate and began to conduct a rough exploration of the island.
"Have you been to the island before?" Xu Yi asked Leslie.
"We have been there. We also found a natural deep-water port where we can dock. We can land from there in a while." Leslie pointed to a corner on the right front.
"Oh? There is actually a natural deep-water port? It seems that you are very lucky." Xu Yi was a little surprised.
Leslie laughed: "This is not just my luck, but also yours. But it's not all good luck. Do you know what we found when we landed?"
Seeing Leslie's unhappy look, Xu Yi asked curiously: "What happened?"
"There are indigenous people on this island, and the language used by these indigenous people sounds a bit close to the lingua franca of our Sainz continent. According to my calculations, the indigenous people on this island are probably from Sainz. Those who drifted over from Sri Lanka can actually be regarded as our fellow villagers.”
"Wouldn't that be better? I was worried that it would be difficult to communicate with the indigenous people on the island. Now that the language problem has been solved, it will be much easier."
"It would be nice if it was that simple." Leslie said with a wry smile. "I don't know why, but the indigenous people on this island are very hostile to us. They yelled and killed us when they saw us. We were new here, and because you always said you wanted to develop peacefully, we didn't take action and had to retreat. Come back."
"In other words, your initial exploration has failed?"
"almost."
Xu Yi frowned and looked at the huge island that was close at hand. He thought for a moment and waved his hand: "No matter what. Let's go up and have a look first."
"Then what if the natives shout and kill us?"
Xu Yi glanced at him. Hehe smiled and said: "They can be hostile to outsiders like us. But they will never be hostile to something that can make their lives better..."
Leslie glanced at the smile on Xu Yi's face, couldn't help but shook his head, and sighed: "Xu Yi, I find that you are becoming more and more like a profiteer."
Twenty minutes later, the fleet stopped at the natural deep-water port that Leslie pointed out.
It is backed by a cliff, and there is a not particularly wide beach next to the cliff, so although it can be regarded as a natural deep-water port, the area that can provide frigates with docking is not particularly large.
Leslie came once. He is quite familiar with the situation here.
Xu Yi watched him command the fleet to disperse and stop near the coast, and then boarded a magic assault boat to arrive at the shore.
While feeling the softness of the fine sand under his feet, Xu Yi looked at the surrounding environment.
Although there is a natural harbor here, the area is limited, so there is not much room for development.
If this island is to be truly developed, this natural port will obviously not be able to meet the demand, and another port must be found.
But this is something that will be considered in the future, and for the time being, it can be used as it is.
Xu Yi looked back at Leslie, who was directing the formation of the guards who came off the frigate, frowned, and shouted: "Leslie. Let them all hide their weapons, at least use the swords, crossbows, etc." Keep it all. We are here to do business with others, not to fight."
Leslie was startled: "Didn't I tell you just now that the natives on this island are very hostile to us, shouldn't we be more careful?"
"Of course you have to be on guard, but if you run over fully armed like this, people will become hostile even if they are not hostile. Listen to me, throw away all the obvious swords, bows and crossbows and other weapons, and only bring a few Military magic machines like magic rockets will do.”
Leslie frowned when she heard Xu Yi's instructions at first, but when she heard the last sentence, she couldn't help laughing.
"Well, Xu Yi, I thought you wanted to be a peacemaker, but after a long time you became much more ruthless than me."
After saying that, Leslie turned around and began to give orders to the guards. According to Xu Yi's instructions, only the military magic machines were left on his body.
The appearance of these gadgets is completely different from traditional weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows. Even if the natives on the island see them, they will not recognize them and their alertness will obviously be lower.
In addition to asking the guards to put down some weapons, Xu Yi also ordered everyone to bring all kinds of living supplies shipped this time from the frigate, and then led everyone to board the island from the slope next to the beach.
According to the information provided by Leslie, the group went up the slope and walked about three kilometers southeast when they saw a small village consisting of about twenty houses.
Seeing such a large group of people swarming from a distance, the residents of the village were obviously surprised. They gathered together and looked at everyone with frightened faces.
Xu Yi glanced at the residents in the village and found that their clothes were extremely shabby, and many of them had a few patches on them.
Looking at their dark and thin faces again, Xu Yi immediately understood.
It seems that the living conditions of these ordinary residents are indeed very ordinary. Not to mention that compared with the people of the Lampali Kingdom and the Principality of Standing, whose lives have been greatly improved due to the influence of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, even compared to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. The life of the people of Bangta City before the appearance was also slightly worse.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi showed a kind and friendly smile on his face, took a bag of flour from a guard beside him, and walked towards the group of villagers alone.
Seeing him approaching, the villagers involuntarily took two steps back, moved closer to each other, and all looked at him nervously.
Xu Yi continued to smile and stopped about five meters away from the villagers. Then he placed the flour in his hand on the ground, untied the rope, and revealed the white and slightly golden flour in the bag.
"Everyone, we are businessmen from afar. We are here to do some business with you. If you can provide anything valuable, then we are willing to exchange these things with you."
The villagers on the opposite side looked at the flour on the ground, and then at the various living supplies displayed by the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the distance, and their eyes suddenly lit up. (To be continued...)